rockets

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The Pentagon funded private companies to develop rockets, aircraft, computers and new materials for weapons and systems vital to national security.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026

SpaceX is worth $2 trillion—and launches more, larger rockets more frequently.

From Barron's • Jun. 29, 2026

That’s effective for short-range threats, including drones, rockets and mortars, but it’s not a substitute for defense against longer-range threats.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 29, 2026

Like any technology, from rockets to medications, it matters who uses it and how.

From Salon • Jun. 22, 2026

I could just imagine him high on a gantry, lying on his back like Michelangelo, working with a wrench on the fuel lines of one of his rockets.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam